{"id":15200,"date":"2026-02-21T23:36:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/15200\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T23:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:36:06","slug":"another-two-skiers-21-and-41-killed-in-deadly-avalanches-in-the-austrian-alps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/15200\/","title":{"rendered":"Another two skiers, 21 and 41, killed in deadly avalanches in the Austrian Alps"},"content":{"rendered":"

TWO people have been killed in monster avalanches in the Austrian Alps, bringing the total number of deaths to seven in just two days.<\/p>\n

A 21-year-old Slovakian died instantly when a \u201cslab of snow<\/a> broke off above him\u201d while skiing<\/a> off-piste, according to Styrian police<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Two more people have been crushed by major avalanches in the Austrian AlpsCredit: Stubai Glacier Tourism<\/p>\n

Five skiers died in avalanches across the country on Friday<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, a 41-year-old Austrian man was \u201cswept away by the avalanche and completely buried\u201d in the Tyrol region.<\/p>\n

The skier was rescued and rushed to hospital<\/a> but tragically succumbed to his injuries.<\/p>\n

Skiers had been urged to avoid off-piste slopes after five people \u2013 four in Tyrol and one in Vorarlberg \u2013 were killed after a major snowstorm triggered horror avalanches on Friday.<\/p>\n

Twenty-found people have now died in Austrian avalanches in this winter<\/a> season alone, making it one of the worst years on record.<\/p>\n

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Nearly 20 inches of snow fell on the Alpine nation since Thursday, sparking transport<\/a> chaos and power outages.<\/p>\n

Another tragic victim was crushed to death by a snow plough on Friday after falling down a flight of stairs.<\/p>\n

Helicopters rushed to the scene of Friday\u2019s terrifying avalanches to recover victims buried beneath tonnes of snow.<\/p>\n

One huge slide hit near St. Anton am Arlberg on Friday afternoon, in off-piste terrain on the Rendl (Verwall) mountain.<\/p>\n

Initial reports said several people were buried, while other sources spoke of five missing, according to\u00a0Kronen Zeitung<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two people lost their lives, and rescuers also attempted to resuscitate one casualty.<\/p>\n

Another person was airlifted to hospital in Innsbruck.<\/p>\n

Mayor Helmut Mall described chaotic scenes, with crews battling the snow as the search continued into the evening.<\/p>\n

The avalanche was so vast it could be seen from both the village and the ski resort.<\/p>\n

Mall said that despite the scale, he stressed there is \u201cabsolutely no\u201d danger to the village or other inhabited areas.<\/p>\n

The snow mass stretched far into the valley but did not threaten homes.<\/p>\n

Video footage showed one of Friday\u2019s avalanches ripping down near the Rendl cable car<\/p>\n

Rescue operations were sparked across the country to rescue buried skiers<\/p>\n

Radios crackled in the background as helicopters circled overhead.<\/p>\n

Police, multiple mountain rescue teams \u2013 from St. Anton, Pettneu, Flirsch and Landeck \u2013 and emergency crews flooded the scene.<\/p>\n

Footage showed the avalanche ripping down near the Rendl cable car as sirens wailed below.<\/p>\n

The deadly St. Anton slide is just one in a terrifying series of avalanches across Tyrol.<\/p>\n

According to the Krone newspaper, another three people died on Friday \u2013 two in St. Anton and a 42-year-old father in Nauders.<\/p>\n

In Nauders, below the Piengkopf mountain, a dad and his 16-year-old son from Germany<\/a> were buried.<\/p>\n

The teen was rescued with serious injuries, but his father could not be saved.<\/p>\n

The grim incidents come as avalanche danger in Tyrol surges.<\/p>\n

Below the tree line, the risk sits at level 2 out of 5 in most areas.<\/p>\n

But above it, the danger jumps dramatically.<\/p>\n

According to the Tyrolean state avalanche report, many regions are at level 4 \u2013 classified as high \u2013 after heavy fresh snowfall.<\/p>\n

With off-piste skiers chasing powder, authorities are urging extreme caution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TWO people have been killed in monster avalanches in the Austrian Alps, bringing the total number of deaths…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[50,310],"class_list":{"0":"post-15200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-alps","8":"tag-alps","9":"tag-skiing"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}